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Today β€” 25 April 2026TechCrunch

Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

25 April 2026 at 20:00
Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha with support from Lidl’s owner, Schwarz Group. With the blessing of their governments, the companies intend to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players.

Why Tokyo is the most important tech destination of 2026

25 April 2026 at 19:03
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 has four tightly defined technology domains, each backed by live demonstrations, dedicated exhibit floors, and sessions featuring the people actually building and funding these technologies globally.

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a β€˜transatlantic AI powerhouse’

25 April 2026 at 01:35
Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds AI systems for businesses and governments.Β 
Yesterday β€” 24 April 2026TechCrunch

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

24 April 2026 at 22:00
Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.

Tim Cook is stepping down. WhatΒ happensΒ to AppleΒ now?

24 April 2026 at 18:00
Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September,Β handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.Β Β  Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, butΒ he’sΒ also stepping intoΒ a very differentΒ ecosystemthan the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once […]

Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps

24 April 2026 at 18:17
Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known to sell this type of software.

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

24 April 2026 at 18:00
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.

DeepSeek previews new AI model that β€˜closes the gap’ with frontier models

24 April 2026 at 17:30
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.

In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs

24 April 2026 at 16:00
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon's homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

24 April 2026 at 01:33
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment

24 April 2026 at 01:00
Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.
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